Vella appam with a twist!

I had been to lunch on the day of 'avaniyavattam' to our friends R and S's place. Maami oda kai varisai idhu! She and S jointly displayed a long list of delicious looking dishes, semiya payasam, vendaikkai more kozhambu, vaazhaikkai kari, rasam, lemon rice ( which also has another twist to it!), vadai, vella appam etc., etc.,

The subject of interest here is vella appam which smelled and tasted delicious. S mentioned that maami has added strawberries to the vella appam maavu and has deep fried it. Usually vella appam does not generate excitement in me as it tastes a bit bitter when the proportion of vellam is not correct. But this appam tasted great and smelled wonderful! A nice change to the traditional dish! Novice cooks who are aspiring to make vella appams can find my recipes in the later posts.